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===AT&T ownership===
On October 22, 2016, [[AT&T]] announced an offer to acquire Time Warner for $108.7 billion, including debt it would assume from the latter; the merger would bring Time Warner's various media properties, including TBS, under the same corporate umbrella as AT&T's telecommunications holdings, including satellite provider [[DirecTV]].<ref>{{cite news|title=AT&T Reaches Deal to Buy Time Warner for $86 Billion|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084|author=Thomas Gryta|author2=Keach Hagey|author3=Dana Cimmiluca|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023013659/http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T Sets $85.4 Billion Time Warner Deal, CEOs Talks 'Unique' Potential of Combination|url=https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/att-time-warner-deal-1201897938/|author=Cynthia Littleton|periodical=Variety|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023204133/http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/att-time-warner-deal-1201897938/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AT&T agrees to buy Time Warner for more than $80B|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/10/22/reports-t-agrees-buy-time-warner-more-than-80b/92589816/|author=Roger Yu|newspaper=USA Today |date=October 22, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023013659/http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/10/22/reports-t-agrees-buy-time-warner-more-than-80b/92589816/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T Reaches Deal to Buy Time Warner for $86 Billion|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084|author=Thomas Gryta|author2=Keach Hagey|author3=Dana Cimmiluca|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|publisher=[[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp.]]|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=October 22, 2016|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023013659/http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084|url-status=live}}</ref> Time Warner shareholders approved the merger on February 15, 2017; however, on February 28, FCC Chairman [[Ajit Pai]] announced that his agency will not review the deal, leaving the review to the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Time Warner shareholders vote to approve AT&T merger|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/15/media/time-warner-shareholders-att-merger/|author=Tom Kludt|website=CNNMoney|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System/Time Warner|date=February 15, 2017|access-date=August 3, 2020|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401233504/https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/15/media/time-warner-shareholders-att-merger/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=FCC chief: AT&T-Time Warner deal won't face agency's scrutiny|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/02/27/fcc-chief-t-time-warner-deal-wont-face-agencys-scrutiny/98491670/|newspaper=USA Today |date=February 27, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232315/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/02/27/fcc-chief-t-time-warner-deal-wont-face-agencys-scrutiny/98491670/|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 20, 2017, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against AT&T and Time Warner in an attempt to block the merger, citing [[antitrust]] concerns surrounding the transaction.<ref>{{cite news|title=AT&T Sued by U.S. Seeking to Block Merger With Time Warner|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-20/at-t-is-said-to-face-u-s-antitrust-lawsuit-over-time-warner|author=Sara Foden|author2=David McLaughlin|author3=Scott Moritz|website=Bloomberg News|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|date=November 20, 2017|access-date=September 22, 2018|archive-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120214748/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-20/at-t-is-said-to-face-u-s-antitrust-lawsuit-over-time-warner|url-status=live}}</ref> The proposed merger—which had already been approved by the [[European Commission]] and Mexican, Chilean and Brazilian regulatory authorities—was affirmed by court ruling on June 12, 2018, after [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia|District of Columbia U.S. District Court]] Judge [[Richard J. Leon]] ruled in favor of AT&T, dismissing the DOJ's antitrust claims in the lawsuit. The merger closed two days later on June 14, with the company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T under the renamed parent company [[WarnerMedia]]. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington unanimously upheld the lower court's ruling in favor of AT&T on February 26, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Judge approves $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner deal|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/12/media/att-time-warner-ruling/index.html|author=Hadas Gold|website=CNNMoney|publisher=Time Warner|date=June 12, 2018|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=July 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711204644/https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/12/media/att-time-warner-ruling/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Justice Department Sues to Block AT&T-Time WarnerMerger|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/business/dealbook/att-time-warner-merger.html|author=Cecilia Kang|author2=Michael J. de la Merced|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 20, 2017|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211123601/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/business/dealbook/att-time-warner-merger.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=AT&T Completes Acquisition of Time Warner Inc.|url=http://about.att.com/story/att_completes_acquisition_of_time_warner_inc.html|website=AT&T|date=June 15, 2018|access-date=June 15, 2018|archive-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615011751/http://about.att.com/story/att_completes_acquisition_of_time_warner_inc.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=European Commission Approves AT&T Acquisition of Time Warner|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/european-commission-approves-at-t-acquisition-time-warner-986380|author=Georg Szalai|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=[[Eldridge Industries|Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group]]|date=March 15, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731041841/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/european-commission-approves-at-t-acquisition-time-warner-986380|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T's $85B Time Warner deal gets Mexico's approval|url=https://seekingalpha.com/news/3291126-ts-85b-time-warner-deal-gets-mexicos-approval|author=Jason Aycock|website=[[Seeking Alpha]]|date=August 22, 2017|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-date=June 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617093602/https://seekingalpha.com/news/3291126-ts-85b-time-warner-deal-gets-mexicos-approval|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T-Time Warner merger approved with conditions by Chilean regulators|url=http://www.fiercecable.com/broadcasting/at-t-time-warner-merger-approved-conditions-by-chilean-regulators|author=Ben Munson|website=FierceCable|publisher=Questex LLC|date=September 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=With consent from Brazil, AT&T has only one regulatory hurdle left before it can gobble Time Warner|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-att-time-warner-approval-20171018-story.html|author=Meg James|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=October 18, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423163909/http://beta.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-att-time-warner-approval-20171018-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. appeals court OKs $81 billion merger of AT&T and Time Warner|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-t-time-warner-merger-approved-by-u-s-appeals-court-81-billion-takeover-wont-harm-competition/|website=[[CBS News]]|publisher=[[CBS Corporation]]|date=February 27, 2019|access-date=March 31, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331013453/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-t-time-warner-merger-approved-by-u-s-appeals-court-81-billion-takeover-wont-harm-competition/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 4, 2019, WarnerMedia underwent a major reorganization of its broadcasting assets, in which Turner Broadcasting would effectively be dissolved, and WarnerMedia's television properties would be divided among three divisions within the WarnerMedia umbrella, with TNT, along with TBS, truTV and HBO being reassigned to WarnerMedia Entertainment, chaired by [[Bob Greenblatt]]. AT&T did not specify any timetable for the changes to take effect, although WarnerMedia had begun to remove all Turner references in corporate communications and press releases, referring to that unit's networks as "divisions of WarnerMedia."<ref name="cnbc-wmreorganize">{{cite news|title=WarnerMedia reorganizes its leadership team after AT&T acquisition|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/04/warnermedia-reorganizes-its-leadership-team-after-att-acquisition.html|author=Lauren Feiner|website=[[CNBC]]|publisher=[[NBCUniversal|NBCUniversal News Group]]|date=March 4, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AT&T to HBO, Turner: No More Fiefdoms|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-readying-overhaul-of-warnermedia-11551483138?mod=article_inline|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=March 1, 2019|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=What the End of the Turner Brand Could Mean for Its Channels|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/turner-brand-time-warner-tnt-tbs-trutv-1203160652/|author=Michael Schneider|website=Variety|date=March 12, 2019|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref>

{{see also|Wednesday Night Wars}}
On May 15, 2019, upstart promotion [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW) and WarnerMedia announced a broadcasting agreement to offer a weekly prime-time wrestling program on TNT—later named ''[[AEW Dynamite]]'', which premiered on October 2, 2019, as AEW's flagship program—marking TNT's re-entry into the professional wrestling scene following the aforementioned closure of WCW eighteen years prior.<ref name=CBSTNT>{{cite web|title=AEW TV deal: Weekly show to air live on TNT with Turner also streaming pay-per-views |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/aew-tv-deal-weekly-show-to-air-live-on-tnt-with-turner-also-streaming-pay-per-views/| last1=Adam Silverstein|website=[[CBS Sports]]|publisher=[[CBS Corporation]]|date=May 15, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> On August 13, 2021, AEW premiered a second weekly program on TNT—''[[AEW Rampage|Rampage]]''—which airs on Friday nights. In January 2022, ''Dynamite'' moved to TBS, with ''Rampage'' remaining on TNT.<ref>{{cite web |author=Joe Otterson |date=September 23, 2021 |title='AEW: Dynamite' Sets January Date for TBS Move, 'Rampage' to Remain on TNT |url=https://www.variety.com/2021/tv/news/aew-dynamite-tbs-premiere-date-rampage-tnt-1235072280/ |work=Variety |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref> AEW would add a third weekly program, that being ''[[AEW Collision|Collision]]'', on June 17, 2023; ''Collision'' airs mostly on Saturday nights on TNT.